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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NATi.
wainee, besides many villages. This part of the coast is inha
bited by two Soomali tribes, the Mijjer-theyns and Singallees"
Lieutenant Carless speaks as follows of these people, whom
more recent acquaintance, and, perhaps, injudicious treatment,
have rendered very suspicious and bloodthirsty a Whenever
we have fallen in with them, they have invariably behaved
towards us in the most friendly manner; so much so, that the
officers of the vessel have been enabled to examine the country
near the coast, frequently alone and unarmed, in perfect security.
On every occasion they expressed the greatest satisfaction at
our having visited their towns, and said they regretted their
coast was not frequented by our vessels, for they looked on us
as friends." Lieutenant Carless was now forced to suspend
operations, owing to scurvy among the crew, and proceeded to
Mocha, thence returning to Bombay. The chart,* resulting
from this survey, was very minute and of beautiful execution,
but it was consigned to a pigeon-hole in the Marine Office at
Bombay, and never saw the light until 1844, when the loss of
the 'Memnon' on this coast, drew attention to its accuracy and
the necessity for its publication.
In 1833, Lieutenant H. H. Whitelock, an able surveyor and
admirable writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. , who participated in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Survey,
assisted by Mr. Jones, commenced the survey of the west coast
of Kattywar, and had completed it as far as Diu Island, in
cluding the harbour of Beyt, when, on the 26th of October, 1836,
he expired on board the 4 Discovery/ surveying ship. We learn,
from a report of the proceedings of the Bombay Geographical
Society of 1837, that the following were the results of the
surveys made by Lieutenants H. H. Whitelock and R. Ethersey
between the years 1834-37, on the coast of Kattywar and Gulf
of Cambay: t—" The examination of the western coast of
Kattywar, as far as Diu Island, including the survey of Beyt
harbour, having been previously completed by the late Lieu
tenant Whitelock, assisted by Mr. Jones, Lieutenant Ethersey
has been enabled this season to finish his survey of the Gulf of
Cambay. His operations have extended from Diu Island to
Goapnauth Point along the Kattywar coast, around the head of
the Gulf, and down the eastern shore, as far south as Surat,
including the mouths of the important rivers which discharge
their waters into this arm of the sea—the Saburmattey, Mahe,
Dhardur, and Nerbudda—the latter of which he has examined
as far as the city of Broach. This service has afforded Lieu-
* " North-east Coast of Africa from Has Grulwainee to Has Hafoon," Carless,
2 sheets. (1838.)
f The charts representing this wort of Whitelock and Ethersey are
1. Entrance of the Gulf of Cutch, 1833; 2. Coast of Kattywar from Diu to
Dwarka, Whiteiock, 1833; 3. Kattywar from Diu Head to Perim Island, two
sheets, Ethersey, 1836 ; 4. Diu Harbour, Whitelock, 1833 j 5. Grulf of Cambay,
Ethersey, 1845.